Spatial and Non-Spatial Timber Market Models and Game Theoretic Models of Sustainable Forest Management

空间和非空间木材市场模型和可持续森林管理的博弈论模型

• 批准号: RGPIN-2019-05199
• 负责人: Kant, Shashi
• 金额: $ 2.26万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=738119
• 关键词: Spatial; Non; Timber; Market; Models

Canada is playing a leading role in forest management transitioning from sustained yield timber management (SYTM) to sustainable forest management (SFM). In SFM, other ecosystem services, such as biodiversity, are as important as timber and requires the incorporation of stakeholders' values. In Ontario, two important changes have occurred. First, the establishment of a Local Citizens Committee (LCC), to assist the author of forest management plan in its preparation and implementation, has become a statutory requirement. Second, the province is making serious efforts to have forest co-management arrangements with First Nations peoples. In addition, due to emerging international trade regimes, Canada is exploring new timber markets beyond the traditional partner. Hence, for sound conceptual and theoretical foundations of SFM, there is urgent need to develop: (i) a full understanding of global timber markets; (ii) forest management models that incorporate interactions among different stakeholders, such as LCC members; and (iii) evolutionary models to analyze the dynamics of preferences and interactions between different stakeholders. In this program, we will develop three types of models. First, we will develop non-spatial and spatial models for timber markets in China. The organization of timber auctions in China is different compared to North America and therefore it is critical to understand and analyze timber auctions of China for establishing the timber-trade regime with China. Second, we will model the participation of LCC members in forest management planning in the context of their uncertain property rights. We will develop four models for different groups of LCC members - members with commercial, non-commercial such as recreation, and broader environmental interests, and local governments. We will develop a three-stage two-player game theoretic model for each group. In the first stage, the plan author selects harvesting areas over the planning period. In the second stage, the plan author and the LCC members bargain over a mutually agreed plan with endogenous bargaining positions. We will model that the reservation utilities of members depend on the outcome of a third-stage game where each player may attempt to get de facto property rights. Third, we will develop game-theoretic models that will incorporate the evolution of preferences. These models will be for co-management agreements, between First Nations (FNs) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), FNs and forest industry, and FNs, forest industry, and MNR. We will use all models' results to make policy and forest management related recommendations. Three Ph.D., 3 M. Sc., and 3 undergraduate students will be trained; 11 refereed papers and 6 policy/ management briefs will be published, and 14 conference presentations will be made. Three user workshops will be organized. The program will make important conceptual, theoretical, and applied contributions to the SFM paradigm.

加拿大在森林管理从持续收获木材管理（SYTM）向可持续森林管理（SFM）过渡方面发挥着主导作用。在可持续森林管理中，生物多样性等其他生态系统服务与木材同样重要，需要纳入利益攸关方的价值观。在安大略，发生了两个重要的变化。第一，设立地方公民委员会，协助森林管理计划的制定者编制和执行计划，已成为一项法定要求。第二，该省正在认真努力与第一民族作出森林共同管理安排。此外，由于新兴的国际贸易制度，加拿大正在探索传统伙伴以外的新木材市场。因此，为了建立可持续森林管理的良好概念和理论基础，迫切需要发展：㈠充分了解全球木材市场; ㈡森林管理模式，其中包括不同利益攸关方之间的相互作用，如LCC成员; ㈢演变模式，以分析不同利益攸关方之间的偏好和相互作用的动态。在这个项目中，我们将开发三种类型的模型。首先，我们将开发中国木材市场的非空间和空间模型。中国的木材拍卖组织与北美不同，因此了解和分析中国的木材拍卖对于建立与中国的木材贸易制度至关重要。第二，我们将建立LCC成员在其不确定的产权背景下参与森林经营规划的模型。我们将为LCC成员的不同群体开发四种模式-商业成员，非商业成员，如娱乐，更广泛的环境利益，以及地方政府。我们将为每一组开发一个三阶段的两人博弈模型。在第一阶段，计划作者在计划期内选择采伐区。在第二阶段，计划的作者和LCC的成员讨价还价，双方同意的计划与内生的谈判地位。我们将建立模型，成员的保留效用取决于第三阶段博弈的结果，在第三阶段博弈中，每个参与者都可能试图获得事实上的财产权。第三，我们将开发包含偏好演变的博弈论模型。这些模式将用于原住民与自然资源部、原住民与林业以及原住民、林业与自然资源部之间的共同管理协议。我们将使用所有模型的结果来制定政策和森林管理相关的建议。三个博士，3 M. Sc.、将培训3名本科生;将发表11篇评审论文和6份政策/管理简报，并将进行14次会议演讲。将举办三次用户讲习班。该计划将作出重要的概念，理论和应用的贡献，可持续森林管理范式。